Deuteronomy 11:32:1Deut.11.32.W1TAB
וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֣ם
ushmartem
“and you shall keep”
- Transliteration
- u-shmar-TEM
- Extended
- oo-she-mar-THEM
- IPA
- /uʃmɑrˈtem/
Meaning by language
- English
- and you shall keep
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-shmar-TEM
- phraseyour reading level
u-shmar-TEM la-a-SOT
- clause
u-shmar-TEM la-a-SOT ET kol-ha-khu-KIM ve-ET-ha-mish-pa-TIM
- sentence
u-shmar-TEM la-a-SOT ET kol-ha-khu-KIM ve-ET-ha-mish-pa-TIM a-SHER a-no-KHI no-TEN lif-ne-KHEM ha-YOM
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive imperfect ushmartem {וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם | ūš·mǎr·tem} ‘and you shall keep’, a forceful covenant command.
Root and etymology
ש־מ־רshin mem resh
“to guard, keep”
In context — Deuteronomy 11:32
And you shall keep to do all the statutes and the judgments that I am giving before you today.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 11:32:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Deuteronomy 11:32, so the Hebrew word וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֣ם (ushmartem) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Deut.11.32.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.11.32.W1.S1) and character.